On January 24, 2016, Emmanuel Macron, France’s Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, presented the 4th "Grand Prix VIE* Russia 2015" during a ceremony held at the French Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and attended by the local French community.

At the beginning of January 2015, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) awarded Fives Solios SA a turnkey contract for the supply of one Xelios and an anode cooling tunnel, as part of revamping line 2 of the Green Anode Plant at EGA Jebel Ali Operations, Dubai.